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Mission 2019: Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi target UP

Agencies
July 2, 2018

Lucknow, Jul 2: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded election bugle from Maghar in Sant Kabir Nagar last week, now BJP and Congress presidents will be in Uttar Pradesh to feel the pulse of people and party workers for the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

While Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi from July 4, during which he is likely to meet party workers and attend several programmes, BJP president Amit Shah will be in Varanasi, Mirzapur and Agra on the same dates.

Gandhi will visit the family of a muslim farmer who died in May while waiting to sell his produce at a government procurement centre.

"The death of farmers showed the apathetic attitude of state government. He died waiting for days to sell his produce. Rahulji will certainly visit his house and meet his family members," Congress MLC Deepak Singh said, adding that not a single BJP leader has visited the farmer's home.

According to BJP leaders, Shah will try to feel the pulse of the state in a meeting with Lok Sabha in-charges of Kashi, Gorakhpur and Awadh regions on July 4.

Shah will also address a social media workers' meet organised by the party's IT cell and give "winning tips" to the workers, a senior BJP leader said.

"Anyone active on social media can attend the meeting. For that, prior registration will continue till today. The party chief will be interacting with the participants," head of BJP's IT cell Sanjay Rai said.

The meet assumes significance as the BJP would be using social media platforms to "aggressively" counter the opposition's propaganda against it.

In Agra on July 5, Shah will attend intellectuals meet and take feedback from Lok Sabha in-charges.

For 2019, BJP does not want to leave any stone unturned as in 2014, it was Uttar Pradesh from where the party got the maximum 73 seats (including two of Apna Dal) out of the total 80 seats.

Shah will also be reviewing the performance of Yogi Adityanath government's ministers as there are talks that the department of some of them might be changed after the visit.

The party has witnessed humiliating defeat in Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur and Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya's Kaushambi and also in Kairana parliamentary and Noorpur assembly bypolls.

After sounding poll bugle from Maghar (Sant Kabir Nagar), PM Modi is likely to visit UP again on July 14-15, during which he will be attending public meetings in Azamgarh and his constituency, Varanasi, besides laying the foundation of Purvanchal expressway.

The PM's programme is under finalisation and preparations are on for it. Azamgarh parliamentary constituency is represented by senior Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, who will this time contest from Mainpuri.

During his Maghar visit on June 28, PM Modi had slammed the opposition parties, saying some parties want "unrest" by creating doubts in the minds of the people for "political gains" but were cut off from ground reality.

The PM had also taken a swipe at the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party stating that those who always talk of 'Samajwad' and 'Bahujan' are "extremely selfish" and they don't see the welfare of society but only the welfare of themselves and their families.

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January 3,2020

Washington, Jan 3: US President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iran Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, who died in Baghdad "in a decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad," the Pentagon said Thursday.

"General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more," the Department of Defense said.

Following Soleimani's death, Trump tweeted an image of the US flag without any further explanation.

"US' act of international terrorism, assassinating General Soleimani—the most effective force fighting Daesh (ISIS), Al Nusrah,Al Qaeda, is extremely dangerous & foolish escalation. US bears responsibility for all consequences of rogue adventurism." said Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

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August 6,2020

New Delhi, Aug 6 : With a single-day spike of 56,282 new COVID-19 cases and 904 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 tally reached 19,64,537 on Thursday.

With the increase of 904 deaths, the toll due to the disease now stands at 40,699 in the country, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

The COVID-19 count includes 5,95,501 active cases and 13,28,337 cured/discharged/migrated patients.

Meanwhile, as per the MoHFW, the percentage of discharged patients stands at 67.62, while the active cases are at 30.31 in the country as of today.

The deaths reported due to the infection are currently at a little above two per cent of the total confirmed cases in the country.

Maharashtra with 1,46,268 active cases and 3,05,521 cured and discharged patients continues to be the worst affected. The state has also reported 16,476 deaths due to the infection.

Tamil Nadu has 54,184 active cases while 2,14,815 patients have been discharged after treatment in the state. 4,461 deaths have been reported due to COVID-19 in the state.

Andhra Pradesh with 80,426 active cases is the third on the list. There are 1,04,354 cured and discharged patients and 1,681 deaths reported from the state.

The national capital's active cases tally once again crossed the 10-thousand mark with 175 new cases being reported. Delhi now has 10,072 active cases and 1,26,116 cured and discharged patients. 4,044 people have lost their lives due to the disease in the Union Territory so far.

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March 5,2020

New Delhi, Mar 5: The primary classes of all schools in the national capital will remain closed till March 31 to prevent a possibility of spread of coronavirus, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Thursday.

According to Directorate of Education (DoE) officials, while elaborate guidelines have been issued about preventive measures for coronavirus, students of nursery and primary classes are too young to understand the risk, making them more prone to infectious diseases.

Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, tweeted, "As a precautionary measure to prevent the possibility of spread of COVID-19 amongst our children, Delhi Government has directed the immediate closure of all primary schools (Govt/ aided/ private/MCD/NDMC) till 31/3/20(sic)."

A senior DoE official said, "Elaborate guidelines have already been issued. However, students of nursery and primary classes are too young to understand the risks associated with COVID-19. Thus they are more prone to infectious diseases and mingle around with classmates more often."

"It will be good if they are trained in the do's and dont's under the care and supervision of their parents at home. However, students of classes other than primary will continue to come to schools or examination centres for writing their examination as per schedule. The teaching, as well as non-teaching staff, will also attend regular school," the official said.

As of now, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 30, including 16 Italian tourists. The figure includes the first three cases reported from Kerala last month who have already been discharged following recovery.

Alerted by the coronavirus case reported in Delhi-NCR, schools in the region have sent out advisories to parents suggesting that they do not send their wards to attend classes even in case of mild cough or cold, and saying that they may declare holidays if the need arises. A few schools have announced already holidays and others have advanced their spring break.

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